Pierre Elliott Trudeau

15th Prime Minister of Canada

April 20, 1968 - June 4, 1979
March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984

Born

• October 18, 1919, Montreal, Quebec

Education

• Jean de Brebeuf College, B.A. 1940
• University of Montreal, LL.L. 1943
• Harvard University, M.A. Political Economy 1945
• Ecole des sciences politiques, Paris 1946-1947
• London School of Economics 1947-1948

Personal Status

• Married 1971, Margaret Sinclair (b.1948)
• Three sons
• Divorced 1984

Professional Life

• Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1943, to the Ontario Bar in 1967)
• 1949-1951 Adivsor to the Privy Council
• 1950 Co-founder and co-director, Cite libre
• 1961-1965 Associate Professor of Law, University of Montreal
• 1961-1965 Researcher, Institut de recherches en droit public
• Author
• Law consultant

Died

• September 28, 2000, Montreal, Quebec

Buried

• St-Remi-de-Napierville, Quebec

Party

• Liberal
• 1968-1984 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1965-1984 Mount Royal, Quebec

Other Ministries

• 1967-1968 Justice
• 1968 Acting President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Official Languages Act 1969
• October Crisis (implementation of War Measures Act) 1970
• Appointed Muriel McQueen Fergusson first woman Speaker of the Senate 1972
• Wage and Price Controls 1975
• Leader of the Opposition 1979-1980
• Significant role in the victory of the "No" forces in the Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty-Association 1980
• Appointed Jeanne Sauvé first woman Speaker of the House of Commons 1980
• Canadian Charter of Rights 1982
• Constitution Act 1982
• Appointed Jeanne Sauve Canada's first woman Govenor General 1984